Machine for printing tables



April 9, 1935- G. TAUscHEK 1,997,156`

MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES Filed Deo. le, 195o ssheets-sneet l 13 1305 loom iw @zu man ,M0140 April 9, 1935. G. TAuscHEK MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES 5 sheds-sheet 2 Filed Deo. 16, 1930 April 9, 1935. G. TAUscHEK MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES Filed Dec. 1e, 1950 5 sheets-sheer 3 April 9, 1935 G. TAUscHEK 1,997,156

MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES Filed Dec. 16, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 .Yigg A April 9, 1935. G. TAuscHEK MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES Filed Deo. 16, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 folzz OOO OO OO OO OO O OO O O 0 O O UNlTED STATES PATENT ol-FlcE MACHINE FOR PRINTING TABLES Gustav Tauschek, Vienna, Austria, assignor, by mesne assignments, to International Business Machines Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 16, 1930, Serial No. 502,731 In Austria December 18, 1929 14 Claims. (Cl. 101-93) This invention relates to machines capable of bank-draft, while the tabular strip shows, for making a duplicate of the statements appearing instance, the booking sheet for transfers. on members, such as for example, tabulating T'he card is operated on by the machine in the cards, on a paper-strip by means of va printing or following mannerz-The card is placed in the 5 copying process. The invention consists in the receptacle I (Fig. 2) of the machine together 5 provision of selective devices for printing, acwith other cards, which have t be treated 1n the cording to requirements, only the statements apsame way. A reciprocating oord picker 2 removes pearing at certain places on the cards. Further, the Cards singly from the reeeptele and feeds according to the invention, arrangements are them to continuously rOtating feed-rollers 3, l0 provided for printing, according to choice, the which feed the cards to the feeler-mechanism l. l0 contents of the cards on different tabular strips. As they pass, the feelers through perforations in In view of the results effected-by the present inthe card, close in known manner 'a current-circuit vention machines capable of effecting these results and Consequently excite a magnet |09, (Fis. 5) are especially adapted for bookkeeping and statiswhich is arranged in a corresponding counter 5 tic purposes, because the statements appearing (Fig. 2) and attracts its armature IIII, thereby 15 on the cards can be distributed and transferred turning the ligure-Wheel H5 a unit by means 0f to different tabular strips according to predeapaWl Hl- The figure-Wheel is turned anumber termined requirements, for instance according to 0f Steps COmmenSllIate With the number 0f the different data on accounts, perforations successively arranged in a vertical A preferred construction of the invention is TOW 0f the Card and C0r1eSDOnding t0 the numeri 20 illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the oel value of the represented number. Obviously, transferring or printing device being combined a feeler is provided for each row of perforations in such a manner with a machine controlled by 0f the Card and a Counter 5 for a plurality 0f perforated cards, that the perforated cards, which 10WS 0f hOleS representing a numbery control the said machine, also contain statements During its further movement, the card pass 26 which are transferred to a strip by an arrangebetween two rollers 6 and 1. The roller 1 coment, operating on the principle of metallogoperates with a, roller 8, which rotates in a liquidraphy. lled tank 9. In this way the bottom side of the Figs. 1 and 8 are examples of cards having card, containing the statements to be transferred written matter to be transferred. Fig. 21s aview by heCtOgX'DhC ink, iS moistened- Thereafter 30 in elevation of the essential elements of the mathe card moves between two rollers l0 and I l, chine for transferring statements on cards to a Which are normally Separated from each Other. strip and of the devices for ana1yzing perforated the shaft of the roller Ill (Fig. 4) being forced up cards, Fig 3 is a, p1an View nf the parts shown in the slot I3 by a spring I2 such an extent,

$6 in Fig, 2, and Fig, 4 is a detail View Figs- 5 that the roller II, which also is forced up by a 35 and 6 show a, counter of the machine which is spring I5, cannot engage the roller I0 in View of controlled by perforated wrdn Fig, 7 is a View the fact that the slot I4 is so proportioned that it of a tabular strip, while Fig. 9 is a modified conwill not permit e normal engagement. struction of the machine, Whenever the portion of the card provided with The card shawn in Fig. 1 is provided with the statements to be transferred is disposed be- 40 tween the rollers I0 and II, a cam-shaped disc glgrsl; gafggg 2:5 I6, which is attached to a shaft I6' and operated in synchronism with the feed of the card, forces mg the numbers represented by the perforations the roller n to engage roller H and thus the and at the same time produce a' tabular'strip moistened art of the card contacts withapaper- 45 Whlch may be of the form shown in Fig 7 The strip I1, wlich passes over an incline I9 and over written statements, which have to be transferred said roller H, whereby the text s transferred and which in the illustrated embodiments are from the backside of the card to the paper or Shown above the dash'dot une on the Card Shown tabular strip 4II. In view of the further movein Fig- 1 and for instance typed by a typewritefment of the card, the roller II will now be ro- 50 The text is copied on the backside of the tebutaten from its idle position until the cam-shaped lating card in reversed Writing and in knOWn disc I6 again releases the roller I0 so that it is Ina-nner by means 0f a heCtOgleDhC Carbon Peper disengaged from roller I I, this event taking place disposed behind the card. after the desired text is transferred to strip I1.

As shown, the datai on the card relates to a Thus an additional feeding device is not necessary for feeding the paper-strip l1 to separate the printed statements on the paper strip I1.

The total of the individual columns can be visually inspected through the windows Il (Fig. 2) of the counters which is usually done after a certain number of cards has been tabulated and the tabular strip completed. The paper-strip I1 preferably passes over an incline I9 and is accessible to the operator so that the total read from the counter can be conveniently written down by the operator at the end of the tabular strip.

In both cases the initial position of the cam disk I5 on its drive shaft IB with respect to the feeding roller 3 determines on which horizontal line of the card section the transfer will begin.

The height of the transferred strip or the width bounded by imaginary horizontal lines depends upon the effective portion of the cam I6. The cam-shaped disks I6 may be adjustable or interchangeable with another so that the height of the strip to be transferred can be varied according to a predetermined requirement. Obviously the disk I6 may be provided with a number of cams and in this event a number of horizontal strips can be transferred to the strips from the card sections.

The length of the roller I0 can be varied in order to be effective to transfer to the strip only the matter within a section bounded by vertical lines of the card shown in Fig. l. The arrangement may be such, that the length of the roller i0 corresponds to the vertical width of the statement on the card. Furthermore the roller I0 may be laterally adjustable, so that the same presses onto the roller I I when a certain part of the card engages the strip I1. Further the roller I0 may be sub-divided, so that a number of vertical portions are printed from the card-section. Thus by the above arrangements any printed part of the cardsection can be transferred to the strip by merely varying the two members, namely the camshaped disc IS and the roller l 0.

Fig. 9 shows a further construction of the invention. To effect the engagement of each individual roller In', Ib and IDC with the related roller beneath there is provided a series of camshaped discs IB, I6b and lic, to effect the transfer on the associated one of three paper-strips Il, I1b and I1c which are provided in place of a single paper-strip. Each cam-shaped disc can be coupled with the shaft 21 for rotation by means of a related magnet 25, 25h, 25 through a coupling 26, 2Gb, 26C. Three feelers 28, 28, 29 control the selective energization of magnets 25, 25h, 25, so that one of the three couplings is operative when the card, analyzed, is found to have perforations in the row controlled by the corresponding feeler 28.

When a perforation is located by a feeler 28, the associated magnet is energized and couples the cam-shaped disc with the drive shaft 21 for operation to the extent of one revolution, so that all statements appearing on the card, determined by the effective portion of the cam and the width of the roller, are transferred to the corresponding tabular strip.

Any desired combination for effecting a transfer between the card and the paper strips can be effected.

The utility of the arrangement disclosed in Fig. 9 will be better understood from the following statements. In the arrangement disclosed in Fig. 9 only three transfer printing strips are disclosed, but in order that this arrangement be useful in connection with the record card disclosed in Fig. 8 it will be understood that six strips I1 are employed. From Fig. 8 it will be obvious that the card contains data relating to a bank account entry which is a deposit in the form of cash. check, and bill and the card may be used for making different statements by a single operation of the machine. The first three strips II, I1h and would be correlated with the fields of the record designating cash, check and bill and such strips would receive a reproduction of the printed matter contained in each of these three fields. To the right of the strip ilc there would be an additional strip on which is imprinted the data of the field d and which data comprises the sum of the amounts in the fields a, b, and c. The two strips which are each as wide as the record card are not shown in Fig. 9 but they would be so positioned to receive the card after issuing from the smaller strips to receive a reproduction of all the printed matter of the four fields and fields e and f of the record card disclosed in Fig. 8. The printed sections of these two wide strips are torn off from the rest of the roll or strip and may be sent to the depositor, and the party in whose name the account is placed, so as to act as an acknowledge` ment of the deposit.

Obviously other arrangements, for example, mechanical operated devices, may be substituted for the electrical arrangements above described and disclosed in the drawings. Furthermore, the controlling cards may be provided with other forms of designations instead of being perforated to control certain devices in the machine. The invention is not restricted to any particular form of the tabular strip or material thereof and any other equivalent elements may be readily substituted.

I claim:-

1. The combination with a tabulating machine controlled by perforated record cards containing transferable written matter, of feeding means for causing said record to contact with a paper strip, and a cam device operable synchronously with the feeding means for determining the portion of the written matter to contact with the paper strip.

2. In a machine for transferring written matter on perforated records to a paper strip, the combination with means for feeding a record over the paper strip and between a pair of rollers, means for causing said rollers to contact with each other to effect a predetermined area of contact between the record with the paper strip, and means for predetermining the area of contact.

3. In a machine for transferring matter written on a perforated card to a paper strip, of means for feeding a card over the paper strip, a pair of rollers for effecting the transfer, and means for shifting one of said rollers to engage the card with the strip for a predetermined feeding movement of the card.

4. In a machine for transferring matter written on a perforated card to a paper strip, means for feeding a card over the paper strip, and means comprising a cam device for causing the card during its movement to contact the strip when portions of the card not containing perforations but containing written matter are in cooperation with the strip.

5. In a machine for transferring written matter on a perforated card to a series of paper strips, means to transfer the written matter to the selected strip, and means controlled solely by the card for causing the matter Written upon the card to be transferred by the transfer means to the related paper strip.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a record containing transferrable written matter disposed in sections and of difierent classication, of a plurality of record strips, means for feeding the record' over the series of record strips, and means for selectively causing a physical contact between the strips and the record sections whereby the written matter in the record is transferred to the related record strip.

7. A machine of the class described having in combination, a tabulating card containing perforations and written data, a plurality of record strips each adapted to .receive part of the written matter on the tabulating card, and means controlled bythe perforations for selectively associating the record strips with the various written data on the card whereby each strip receives the appropriate written data.

8. In a machine controlled by cards containing characters in one area, means for presenting the record cards for contact with a paperI strip, a rotatable means for determining the extent of the portion of the area containing the characters on the card that is utilized to transfer suchcharacters to the strip, and electrical means controlled by the cards for controlling the rotatable means.

9. In amachine for transferring to a paper strip data on one section of a card having perforations in vanother section, means for feeding said card over the paper strip, one section after a section of another kind, means for effecting the means for moving said strips while in physical contact .with each other to effect the transfer, and means for determining whether certain data on a strip isto be transferred to the other strip.

11. In a machine for transferring transferable data -from one strip to another strip, a printing mechanism including means vfor applying an ink dissolving liquid to ink imprints on one of said strips, means for feeding both strips in contiguous relationship to eil'ect the transfer operation, and means operable synchronously with the feeding means for preventing the transfer operation for a certain section of the strip bearing the transferable data.

12. In a machine of the class described, in combination, means for feeding in succession a series of tabulating cards containing ink imprinted transferable data, a printing mechanism including means for applying an ink dissolving liquid to the ink imprints on the tabulating cards for transferring the data from one of the series of cards to a common record strip, means for selecting the data sections on the tabulating card to be transferred to the record strip, and means for feeding the card and strip together for spacing the data on the record strip and for effecting the transfer. 13. In a machine of the class described, in com# bination, means for feeding a record card having a transferable data section, a printing mechanism including means for applying an ink dissolving liquid to ink imprinted characters comprising the data section, for effecting the transfer of the data to a record strip, and means effective during the feeding of the record card -for effecting a contiguous relationship between the record card and record strip to effect the transfer and-to feed the record strip an extent equivalent to the length of the data section which is utilized for the transfer operation.

14. In a machine for transferring written matter on a perforated record to a paper strip, the combination of a transfer means for transferring the written matter on the record to the paper strip and effective when the paper strip and card are fed with the written matter of the cardin contact with the paper strip, and means for preventing a transfer operation between the paper strip andthe perforated record when both the perforations and an undesired written portion of the record are adjacent the'paper strip.

GUSTAV TAUSC'HEK. 

